Beschreibung

This brochure conveys only a small part of the events on the Obersalzberg and of the connection of the mountain with the illfated history surrounding Adolf Hitler. lt cannot show all aspects of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Some of the photos were taken by Hein­rich Hoffmann and were pure propaganda pictures which served only one purpose: presenting the Obersalzberg as a „private ideal world around the Fuehrer” and crea­ting the myth of the „people ‘s chancellor fand of children”. The consequences of Hitler’s dictatorship must never be forgotten: war, ruin and the death of millions of people.

Even 70 years after the end of the most destructive war of all time the public ‘s interest in the role Obersalzberg played during the 3rd Reich has remained the same both in Germany and abroad. In fact the number of publications on the subject has even increased. For this reason, on the occasion of the commemorative year 1995 – 50 years after the end of World War II – the Berchtesgadener Landesstiftung itself is publishing a booklet about the events that took place at Obersalzberg during that time.